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Saturday, June 7, 2014

See Edge of Tomorrow Today

In a Nutshell:This
is Groundhog Day
on steroids!(I love
that Bill Murray classic.)Add the uber-intense
Tom Cruise and the beautiful Emily Blunt, along with flawed, but heroic soldiers
and you’ve got an action movie sure to thrill.Video gamers will almost feel like they’re inside a Halo: Combat Evolved
, complete
with resets after dying and kicking alien butt.

Uplifting theme:

Humanity
is worth fighting for.

Every
moment of life is precious.

Things I liked:

I
thought it was appropriate for the film’s opening weekend to be during the
70th anniversary of D-Day.Replace Nazis with aliens and you’ll still feel patriotic.

It’s
kind of amazing to see a movie which actually ends, rather than one that Hollywood tosses out
there, hoping to pump out a mediocre sequel for you to spend your
hard-earned money on.

The super
fast, squiggly aliens were cool, especially the “Alpha” when he growls.

I saw
it in IMAX 3D, which made some of the action sequences epic.When someone got tasered, I was almost
worried I’d get hit too.

I
loved the fat soldier’s t-shirt that said “Mimic this.” It’s funny as is,
but has another meaning when you learn that they call the aliens “mimics.”

I
loved the high-tech mech-suits the soldiers wear.

Emily
Blunt was really cute in The Devil Wears Prada
, but now she is even sexier
as a strong, fighting machine. Her body-double does some amazing stunts, including a ridiculously awesome push-up pose with her feet lifted off the ground (is that even possible?), but she's believable as a determined and tough soldier.

Things I didn’t like:

It
shows a movie clip of Hillary Clinton in some kind of executive meeting,
as if she is president of the United States.Was that a subtle bit of hopeful
propaganda for the next presidential election?

There
was a plot hole in the ending…as if the rest of the movie was
believable.haha

Inspiring lines:

“The
fiery crucible, the only place where true heroes are forged.”- Master Sergeant Farrel

“There’s
no courage without fear.”- Master
Sergeant Farrel

“We
fight.That’s what we do.”- Major William Cage

Funny lines:

“What
do we do now?- Rita Vrataski

“I don’t know.We’ve never gotten this far.”- Major William Cage

“Where
is the safety?”- Major William
Cage

“Exactly!”- mocking soldiers

“What
day is it?”- Major William Cage

“For you?Judgment Day.”- soldier

Tips for
parents:Be prepared for lots and lots of violence. There is one F-bomb, but only
a few other“mild” forms of profanity, which is impressive since it's such a testosterone-filled fighting flick.There
is a creepy shot of a burning/melting face, as well as one of a fat guy’s
bum….both are a bit disturbing.

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